Need help with mesh deformation

[rapidskills (bill)]

Trying to get the mesh to unwrap/unfold smoothly like in the photo for an animation i tried using curves modifier and it wont deform properly the endings go through the mesh and the simple deform wont work either any solutions guys ?

[keihaankarkinen (Janne Kärkinen)]

I would just do it with bones like in this scroll rigging test I did some time ago:

Unroll plane with bones

It’s actually very easy, took me 5 minutes to test. You just make a simple rig, do automatic weights, then set pivot point to individual origins, then rotate them all except for the first one until the last one touches the first in the chain that is selected, then unselect that bone, continue until next selected bone is touched, deselect it etc. When it’s rolled, you add a keyframe for all bones, then add keyframe at the end with pose cleared, then offset the keyframes of each bone in or…

[digitvisions]

Hi, another option could be to use spiral curve with the curve modifier:

[rapidskills (bill)]

Thank you so much and sorry my computer kept crashing. I’m very close to getting the results, I used 11 bones and 18 bendy bones only one end rolls up I need both ends to roll up one at a time, The rig has ridges when I subdivide it is there a way to get rid of them?